Kevin Owens: What's the appeal?

He looks like your average wrestling fan. Average height, overweight, scruffy clothing. He makes viewers think that any slob could be a star in WWE. Is that really the best message to send out to your audience?

Owens would have been a jobber in just about any other era. Him being a star in WWE shows how weak this era is.

He looks like your average wrestling fan. Average height, overweight, scruffy clothing. He makes viewers think that any slob could be a star in WWE. Is that really the best message to send out to your audience?

Owens would have been a jobber in just about any other era. Him being a star in WWE shows how weak this era is.

You either enjoy wrestling or you don't. There's really no need to bitch about the current product. Its going to change again in a few years anyway. So what's the problem?

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This is a discussion board about wrestling. People are free to praise and critique who and what they want. I don't like Owens and don't really get his appeal. I think he's pushed beyond his means. It's a valid talking point.

This is a discussion board about wrestling. People are free to praise and critique who and what they want. I don't like Owens and don't really get his appeal. I think he's pushed beyond his means. It's a valid talking point.

He's good in the ring, and cuts a nice promo. I think he's been boring since coming to SmackDown, but I can see why people would like him.

WWE's emphasis on look has waned incredibly mostly because finding buff guys that can get over with the fans has become increasingly hard, especially since the fans respect and crave in-ring work more than ever. Personally, I don't care about the look of a wrester, as long as they entertain me.

"I want to thank the mothers of these players for giving birth to them with balls that big."
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He's good in the ring, and cuts a nice promo. I think he's been boring since coming to SmackDown, but I can see why people would like him.

WWE's emphasis on look has waned incredibly mostly because finding buff guys that can get over with the fans has become increasingly hard, especially since the fans respect and crave in-ring work more than ever. Personally, I don't care about the look of a wrester, as long as they entertain me.

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The look is massively important when it comes to attracting the casual fan.

Meanwhile guys like Rollins, Ziggler, Mahal and Ambrose flopped with the strap. Austin was never the most muscular or largest guy on the roster, arguably chubbier than guys like Rollins and The Rock, but his in-ring work and his character got him over.

"I want to thank the mothers of these players for giving birth to them with balls that big."
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Meanwhile guys like Rollins, Ziggler, Mahal and Ambrose flopped with the strap. Austin was never the most muscular or largest guy on the roster, arguably chubbier than guys like Rollins and The Rock, but his in-ring work and his character got him over.

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Who said anything about six pack abs. Austin looked like a legit shit-kicker. Ric Flair never had a six-pack, but he looked and carried himself like a star. Owens doesn't look or carry himself like a star. He looks like a slob.

If Austin would have been a dreadful worker he would have still been a massive star. Get over your workrate fetish.

Who said anything about six pack abs. Austin looked like a legit shit-kicker. Ric Flair never had a six-pack, but he looked and carried himself like a star. Owens doesn't look or carry himself like a star. He looks like a slob.

If Austin would have been a dreadful worker he would have still been a massive star. Get over your workrate fetish.

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It was metaphorical, chief.

Nonetheless, you're talking out your ass about Austin being as over if he was shit in the ring. He had the smarks in his pocket because of his work in the ring and his promos in ECW. The casuals only followed the smarks because it was cool, and after a few years he was just the flagship guy and his fanbase grew every time someone new put on RAW.

"I want to thank the mothers of these players for giving birth to them with balls that big."
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I agree, dude.
Fuck today's society accepting all shapes and sizes as a norm. It's should have never been this way. We should all look up to athletic and attractive people, bigger than life superstars as we say. If you're ugly and/or fat, bow beneath me you dirty peasant. *spits on the commoners face*

If I were in front of Kevin Owens, I'd knock that sucker out in 10 seconds. Is that who WWE wants to be pushing in fake fighting? A fat disgusting slob I could knock out in a few seconds? smh what has this world become.

Nonetheless, you're talking out your ass about Austin being as over if he was shit in the ring. He had the smarks in his pocket because of his work in the ring and his promos in ECW. The casuals only followed the smarks because it was cool, and after a few years he was just the flagship guy and his fanbase grew every time someone new put on RAW.

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Austin's presence, character and talking ability would have got him over huge. Even if he was a shitty worker in the ring. Austin was massively over in 1998 - despite not being at his best inside the ring.

What he did in ECW was irrelevant. Austin got over in WWF independent of his time in ECW. Barely anyone outside of a small selection of smarks even knew he was in ECW. There was no follow-on either. Casual wrestling fans paid no attention to smarks.

Mick Foley had charisma and played a vast array of characters. He was also a great talker. Still, he was never pushed as the company's figurehead. He was a very good semi main-event, but not someone who you could build the entire company around.

Mick Foley had charisma and played a vast array of characters. He was also a great talker. Still, he was never pushed as the company's figurehead. He was a very good semi main-event, but not someone who you could build the entire company around.

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Mostly because he didn’t have longevity in the ring I.e. he wasn’t that good in the ring

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